The song cycle was written by members of the project with original words and music by Adam Gwon, Timothy Huang, Christine Toy Johnson, Ming Aldrich-Gan, Hyeyoung Kim (with Michael Cooper), Leon Ko, Robert Lee, Yoonmi Lee (with Gaby Gold & Zhu Yi), Yan Li, Jason Ma, J. Oconer Navarro, Kamala Sankaram, Tidtaya Sinutoke (with Ty Defoe) and Jeff Tang.
Dax Valdes directs the evening, which is emceed by Ann Harada. Singers include Raymond J. Lee, Pearl Sun, Marc delaCruz, Thom Sesma, Arielle Jacobs, Hansel Tan, Manna Nichols, Eric Bondoc, Anne Fraser Thomas, Joanna Carpenter, Joanne Javien, EJ Zimmerman, Cindy Cheung, Daniel J. Edwards, Q Lim, Kamala Sankaram, Mel Sagrado Maghuyop, Robert Lee and Christine Toy Johnson.
The Asian American Composers and Lyricist Project is dedicated to "nurturing and presenting works created and sung by Asian American Theatre Artists."
This world premiere concert, which is free and open to the public, is sold out. For more information email [email protected]. Peter Norton Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia is located at 2537 Broadway (at 95th St.).
